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Oregon's dominance in its first year in the Big Ten and Indiana's monumental turnaround have helped the conference stack four of its teams in the top five of The Associated Press college football poll for the first time. The Big Ten had three teams among the top five on 16 occasions in the 88-year history of the poll, including four times this season. Oregon and Ohio State are Nos.

1 and 2 this week and Penn State and Indiana are Nos. 4 and 5. Texas of the Southeastern Conference sits in the middle at No.



3. The Big Ten has no other ranked teams outside the top five. Indiana is 10-0 for the first time in program history after its 20-15 win over Michigan , its first single-digit victory this season.

“Not many style points there. Not going to be many people banging the drum saying Indiana ought to be rated higher in the BCS and all that good stuff," first-year coach Curt Cignetti said, actually referring to the College Football Playoff rankings. The second CFP rankings will be released Tuesday night, and it will be worth watching whether the selection committee is as favorable to the Big Ten as the AP poll voters.

Oregon and Ohio State were first and second in the first CFP rankings, with Penn State No. 6 and Indiana No. 8.

The Hoosiers have their highest AP ranking since they finished the 1967 season No. 4 and have an open date before playing their biggest game, so far, at Ohio State on Nov. 23.

Their final regular-season game is at home against Purdue. Oregon also is 10-0 f.

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